An elderly man, 90, and his wife aged 85 were on Wednesday night killed in cold blood by their grandson in Kimenywa Village of Gatongu sub location in Subukia Constituency.
The two, Peter Kaboga Muchu and Hannah Njeri Kaboga were killed by their grandson, Moses Kamau Githuku, 23, at 1.30am, after digging a hole through their mud house. He allegedly slashed them with a panga.
Grace Njeri and Moses Njoroge aged 15 and 12 respectively, were sleeping in the same house with the duo, but managed to escape after raising the alarm and snatching the panga from Kamau.
Shocked residents flocked the crime scene Wednesday morning, after the incident that happened during a heavy downpour at night.
Kamau’s mother, Jane Waithera Githuku, who resides in the same compound with her parents said she was woken by loud screams from her parents’ house, only to find her nephew running up and down prompting her to alert other relatives who were sleeping in different houses within the same compound.
She said that upon entering her parent’s house she discovered that they had been murdered by his fourth born son who fled immediately after the incident.
“He slapped his younger brother Moses Njoroge, but he (Njoroge) managed to open the door and run away. That is when he threw a stone at him, that awoke his uncle upon hitting his house,” she said.
She said that items inside the bedroom in which the incident occurred were scattered, an indication that the killer might have been searching for money before killing the two.
She said that prior to the incident, her son has not had any conflict with the deceased although he was of notable high temper character. A neighbour, Paul Njoroge said: “Kamau was usually a quiet person but was reportedly smoking bhang.”
Police led by Subukia OCPD Alex Ng’ang’a arrived at the scene at around 8am and took the two bodies to Nakuru General Hospital mortuary.
Ng’ang’a said police are looking for the suspect.